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(17 Oct 2016) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus065177

President Barack Obama says changes made to demand more from teachers and students are paying off as high school graduation rates have reached a record high of 83.2 percent.
Obama spoke Monday at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, D.C., where graduation rates jumped the highest in the country for the 2014-2015 school year.
Obama told students they can accomplish whatever they want in their lives, but he's also emphasizing that a high school education isn't enough.
He said the students are going to have to find jobs in a global economy and that they will be competing against students from China and India for jobs so his administration has been working to make it easier for students to access money for college tuition.
The increasing graduation rates in the U.S., however, come against a backdrop of decreasing test scores for students on national math and reading tests.


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